Gutter-hanger.



E. n. SQUTHWIGL GUTTER HANGER.

4 APPLIUATION FILED O0T.1,1908. A 918,786. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

@Montags EDWARD D; SOUTHWIQK, OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS.

GUTTER-HANGER.

yNo. 918,786.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

.Application led October 1, 1908. Serial No. 445,700. l

inward or outward pressure.

In devices of this character, Aas heretofore constructed, the stay is rigid relatively to the hanger, so that no adjustment of the parts can be effected to cause the hanger to occupy a position parallel with the adjacent wall of a building in connection with which the trough 1s used.

It is the object of the present invention so to" assemble the stay and the hanger that the latter may readily be adjusted longitudinally of the former, thus to cause the shank of the hanger to occupy a plane parallel with the adjacent Wall of the building, and also tocontrol the length of the projecting ends of the hanger that pass through the gutter and are bent or otherwise secured around the edges thereof.l

AWith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of an eaves-trough hanger or support, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding arts z-Figure 1 is a view in pers ective disp aying a trough supported from t e roof of a building with the hanger of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a erspective detail view of the hanger shown 1n Fig. 1, a portion being in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of a slightly modified form of the su port.

eferring to the drawings, R designates a portion of the roof of a building, W one of the walls of a building, and T a portion of an eaves-trough or gutter, and as these Vparts may be of the usual, or anyfpreferred construction, further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

The gist of the present invention resides in the novel form of support that is adapted also to brace the trough or gutter against any tendency to yield inwardly or outwardly from any cause. The form of the support yshown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a hanger 1 and a stay 2. As shown, the hanger is constructed from a length of wire that is bent upon itself and then twisted to form a shank v3, the ends of the shank being extended at right angles thereto to provide two alined arms 4. These arms are housed for the greater portion of their length by the stay 2, which is constructed from a strip of sheet metal, such as tin or the like, and is folded upon itself in such manner as to provide Atwo seats 5 in which the arms are slidably mounted. The intermediate portion of the stay is cut away to provide a longitudinal slot 6, in which the lower portion of the shank is adapted to work, and each of the arms adjacent to the shank is provided with an offset or hump 7, the two humps operating posi- 1 tively to prevent the stay from having any rocking movement relatively to the arms, While not in the least interfering with its free sliding movement thereon.

In assembling the support with a gutter, the latter is provided with two alined orifices to receive the free terminals of the arms 4 and after the shank has been secured to the roof, as by means of a nail 8 and a staple 9, the free ends of the arms are passed through the orifices in the trough and after the latter has been adjusted properly with relation to the edge of the roof, this being accomplished by moving the 4trough to or from the wall, in which case the shank will work in slot 6, and the ends of the arms are bent around the bead of the trough and at its rear edge.

- As shown at 10, and 11, this manner of securing the support to the trough obviates the necessity of the employment of Solder, but if preferred this may be used if of advantage. By reason of the two offsets 7, which will be of such size as to hold the arms in operative contact with the inner walls of the seats 5, the shank will be held against any rocking movement relatively to the stay, and this is a feature of importance inasmuch as it will brace the trough or gutter against any tendency to end-wise movement, as from wind pressure.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig.

intermediate part of the stay is provided with an upstanding 'iin or guide 16 which is designed to work between the two arms 14 at their point of juncture with the shank, and thereby hold the stay from any rocking movement relatively to the shank.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 2 the longitudinal movement of the shank relatively to the stay is limited by the Contact between the shank and the opposed walls 5, the latter being also true in the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 3, wherein the bend of the arms at their point of juncture with the shank oontact with the opposed walls of the seats 13.

The improvements herein defined are simple in Character, but will be jfound thoroughly eliieient for purposes designed and may readily and cheaply be manufactured without the employment of special machinery for the purpose.

I claim:-

1. A gutter support embodying a hanger provided with lateral arms, a stay slidably mounted on the arms, said hanger serving to limit the sliding movement of tho arms relatively to the stay.

2. A gutter support embodying a hanger provided with lateral arms, a stay slidably mounted on the arms, and means for holding the arms from rocking movement relatively to the stay.

3. A gutter support embodying a hanger provided with lateral arms, a stay slidably mounted on the arms, means for holding the arms from rocking movement relatively to the stay, said hanger serving to limit the sliding movement of the arms with relation to the stay.

ln testimony that l Claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto al'lxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ED. D. SOUTHW 101i. Vitnesses:

HENRY DRAEGE, XVM. H. BELL. 

